
How China is vying to attract the world’s top scientific talent
Hundreds of policies across the country have been designed to lure researchers and new graduates to settle there.
Hundreds of policies across the country have been designed to lure researchers and new graduates to settle there.
Companies selling authorship slots thrive in a culture that equates success with a strong publication record. Customers, sleuths and the shadowy owner of a paper mill explain why.
A surprising pattern of spatial distribution was discovered in dwarf galaxies, whereby diffuse ones cluster more strongly than do compact ones — opposite to the trend seen in massive galaxies. This finding challenges standard models of the formation of galactic structures, calling for theories about the assembly of visible- and dark-matter structures to be revised.